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Sir Ruthven Lowry "Gerry" Wade, (15 July 1920 – 24 September 2001) was a senior

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officer who served as Vice-Chief of the Air Staff from 1973 to 1976.

RAF career

Educated at

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, Wade joined the Royal Air Force in 1938 and served in the

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.Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade
/ref> After the War he became Officer Commanding No. 39 Squadron and then Station Commander at

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. He was appointed Director of Operations – Bomber and Reconnaissance in 1966, Air Executive to Deputy for Nuclear Affairs at

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in 1967 and Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group in 1968. He went on to be Deputy Commander-in-Chief at

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in 1971, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) in January 1973 and Vice-Chief of the Air Staff in November 1973. His last appointment was as Chief of Personnel and Logistics in 1976 before he retired in 1978.

Family

In 1945 he married Denise Davis; they had a son.Obituary: Air Chief Marshal Sir Ruthven Wade
Daily Telegraph, 3 January 2002

References

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